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August 19th
| 1584 | Pierre Vernier, who developed an accurate scale for the astrolabe known as the Vernier scale, was born in Ornans, France, then part of the Spanish Habsburgs, on this day.
More information about: Pierre Vernier Astrolabes |
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| 1662 | Blaise Pascal died in Paris, France, at the age of 39. The mathematician and philosopher is well known for projective geometry, probability theory, and religious reflection, but best known for his treatise on the arithmetic triangle, now known as Pascal's triangle.
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| 1758 | Montucla received the censor's approbation for his Histoire des mathematiques, which is justly famous as a history of the mathematical sciences.
More information about: Jean Montucla |
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